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退職 (たいしょく, taishoku) Japanese meaning: retirement | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 退職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 退たい 職しょく する 退たい 職しょく しない Polite 退たい 職しょく します 退たい 職しょく しません Past polite 退たい 職しょく しました 退たい 職しょく しませんでした Past 退たい 職しょく した 退たい 職しょく しなかった Te-form 退たい 職しょく して 退たい 職しょく しないで Desire 退たい 職しょく したい 退たい 職しょく したくない Potential 退たい 職しょく できる 退たい 職しょく できない Passive 退たい 職しょく される 退たい 職しょく されない Causative 退たい 職しょく させる 退たい 職しょく させない Causative passive 退たい 職しょく させられる 退たい 職しょく させられない Volitional 退たい 職しょく しよう Polite volitional 退たい 職しょく しましょう Imperative 退たい 職しょく しろ 退たい 職しょく するな Conditional 退たい 職しょく すれば 退たい 職しょく しなければ Tara conditional 退たい 職しょく したら 退たい 職しょく しなかったら
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しゃ
を
退たい
職しょく
し
ます
。
My father will retire from the company next month.
Please tell me the reason for your resignation.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 退たい 職しょく する to retire/resign from (a company, position)
He retired from the company he had worked at for many years.
〈 時とき 〉 に 退たい 職しょく する to retire at (an age/time)
My father plans to retire at sixty.
退たい 職しょく を 決けつ 意い する to resolve/decide to retire
She decided to resign upon getting married.
Kanji 退 retreat, withdraw, retire Related words· 14 辞職 emphasizes a voluntary resignation, often taking responsibility for something, while 退職 is the general term for leaving a job for any reason.
引退 refers to retiring from a career, sport, or public life as a whole, while 退職 refers specifically to leaving a particular job or company.
退職 means simply leaving or resigning from a job at any time, while 定年 specifically refers to the fixed age at which mandatory retirement occurs.
退職 is the general word for leaving any job, including private-sector work, while 退官 is reserved for leaving a public or official post.
Show 10 more 退職 is the broader term for quitting a job or retiring, while 退社 specifically emphasizes leaving that particular company.
退職 specifically means retiring or resigning from a job, often at a natural endpoint like age or career stage, while 離職 broadly covers any separation from employment, voluntary or not.
退職 is general retirement from any job or career, while 退役 is specifically retirement from military service.
退職 means permanent retirement or resignation, while 休職 is a temporary leave with the possibility of returning to work.
Opposites 就職 means to get a job or start working somewhere, the direct opposite of 退職, which means to leave one.
在職 means being currently employed or in office, while 退職 means having left that job or position.
勤続 describes staying employed continuously at the same company, whereas 退職 describes leaving or retiring from that job.
退職 means permanently leaving one's job, the opposite of 復職, which means going back to it.
Don't confuse with· 5 休職 means taking a leave of absence while still employed, whereas 退職 means actually leaving the job for good.
失業 refers to involuntary job loss, while 退職 usually means voluntarily quitting or retiring from a job.
退職 means the employee voluntarily resigns or retires, while 解雇 means the employer terminates the employee against their will.
Show 2 more Word family· 21 resignation notice; letter of resignation
changing or leaving one's job
after retirement; after resigning
Etymology Compound of 退 (retreat, withdraw) and 職 (job, occupation). The meaning is transparent from its components.
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退職する is the formal, often bureaucratic term for leaving a job (used in official documents), while 辞める is the everyday word for quitting.
退職 is the standard modern term for leaving a job, whereas 隠居 implies a fuller withdrawal from society into a tranquil retirement.
退職 focuses on leaving a job or retiring without necessarily starting a new one, while 転職 implies moving on to a different job.
退職 specifically means leaving a company or job, whereas リタイア can describe retirement from working life more broadly or dropping out of an event.
退職 refers to leaving a job or company as an employee, while 退任 is used for leaving a formal position of responsibility like a director or officer.
退職する specifically means to retire from paid employment, while 退く is broader and can describe stepping down from any post, not just a job.
退たい 会かい
退職 refers specifically to leaving a job or retiring from employment, while 退会 refers to leaving a club, society, or subscription-based membership.
退職 is the normal word for retiring from a job, while 退却 is used for military or tactical retreat and is not used for job retirement despite sharing the kanji 退.
しゃ
retired person; former employee; retiree
retirement allowance; severance pay; lump-sum retirement payment
Show 5 more letter of resignation; request for retirement
voluntary retirement; retirement at one's own request
amicable resignation; voluntary retirement
voluntary early retirement; encouraged resignation
mass retirement
